People’s Mañanera February 23
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the operation against El Mencho and El Tuli, US intelligence sharing, and more than 80% of 23,000 weapons seized originate in US.
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the operation against El Mencho and El Tuli, US intelligence sharing, and more than 80% of 23,000 weapons seized originate in US.
Thus, Mexico yielded to Washington’s blackmail and extortion, contributing de facto to the devastating US energy blockade against Cuba, significantly eroding what had historically been a unique feature of Mexican diplomacy.
The Mexican President spoke at the 109th anniversary of the 1917 Mexican Constitution, which was one of the most advanced social constitutions at its time, & inspired the Soviet constitution.
For the Latin American left the meaning is clear: not sending to oil to Cuba will not be interpreted as realism or strategic prudence, but as an abandonment of a tradition that distinguished Mexico, even in the face of openly conservative governments of the past.
Farmworkers in the San Quintin Valley initiated a blockade to protest corruption in the San Quintin municipality prior to President Sheinbaum’s visit.
The rally condemned US President Trump’s executive order imposing tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba and decried the over 60 year old blockade against the island.
Public officials who are making strategic decisions for the future of our country today must not forget that in the last elections, 36 million citizens elected them to defend our institutions, to defend a sovereign Mexico, and to decisively prevent intervention. We don’t need lukewarm, confusing positions.
The sad reality behind President Sheinbaum’s oft-repeated slogan on Mexico-US relations.
The US President wants to destroy Cuba and starve its population and he wants Mexico to help. Or else.
Will the shipment of oil as humanitarian aid continue? “We have to determine that based on the request,” Sheinbaum responded.